samhla

Irish

Noun

samhla f

1. genitive singular of samhail (“likeness, image; model, mock-up; effigy; simile”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
samhla	shamhla after an, tsamhla	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• samhladh

Etymology

From Old Irish samla (“likeness, similarity, that with which a thing may be compared”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sãũl̪ˠə/

Noun

samhla m (genitive singular samhlaidh, plural samhlaidhean)

1. resemblance, likeness
2. sign, symbol
3. simile
4. allegory, parable
5. apparition, (ghostly) doppelganger

Derived terms

• samhlachail

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
samhla	shamhla after "an", t-samhla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “samhla”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 samla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language